Neither the Ducks nor the Devils had scored in the first period over the first four games of the finals.
Pittsburgh walked out of Columbus with a 2-1 win, having been kept to a 0-0 tie until the third period (over their five meetings, for the record, the Penguins out-scored Columbus 16-7).
But before the second period was over, the Rangers had a 7-5 lead, Scott was back on the bench, and the Rangers were again scoring against Storr.
By the time the second period was over, the Rangers had been whistled for eight minor penalties, two by Rich Pilon on the same play, and twice for having too many men on the ice.
His goal came on a power play in the opening minute of the third period as Mikael Backlund's slashing penalty at the end of the second period carried over.
DiPietro and his teammates killed four penalties in the second period and seven over all.
All told, the Devils outshot the Canucks by 13-1 in the second period, and 24-4 over the final two periods.
1.36pm GMT Ice hockey latest The second period is done over in the hockey, with Sweden leading Finland 2-1.
And Hull pressed again at the start of the second period, David Meyler shooting over from 10 yards on the half volley.
John LeClair and Danius Zubrus scored 34 seconds apart in the second period to lead Philadelphia over Carolina in Greensboro, N.C.
